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Night of the Living Zombie Bugs - (Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventure) by Dave Coverly (Paperback)

Night of the Living Zombie Bugs - (Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventure) by  Dave Coverly (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Now that they are Eagle Scouts, Speed Bump and Slingshot must summon the courage to face the zombie bugs infesting their forest.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Book 3 in the Speed Bump and Slingshot Misadventures illustrated chapter book series starring two slacker friends on a frightful odyssey through a zombie-filled forest!</b></p><p>Speed Bump and Slingshot investigate a potential zombie outbreak in their neck of the forest. As newly minted members of the Eagle Scouts, they're doing their best to be brave, but when a creepy crow confirms their suspicions, these chicken-hearted birds lose their cool. To make matters worse--they're not just zombie-birds, they're ZOMBIE-BUGS! Can these hesitant heroes cast their fears aside and face the cicadas newly risen from the underworld? Or will the zombie-bugs conquer all and transform Speed Bump and Slingshot into the undead? </p><p>Find out in<i> Night of the Living Zombie Bugs</i>, the third installment of this hilarious series from internationally syndicated cartoonist Dave Coverly (author of <i>Dogs Are People, Too</i> and illustrator of <i>The Very Inappropriate Word.</i>)</p><p><b>A Christy Ottaviano Book</b></p><p><b>Read the whole Speed Bump & Slingshot Misadventures series!</b><br><i>Night of the Living Worms</i><br><i>Night of the Living Shadows</i><br><i>Night of the Living Zombie Bugs </i><br><i></i><br><i></i><b>Praise for <i>Night of the Living Shadows</i> </b><br><b></b><br>"Overall a lighter-than-air escapade with just a light wash of satire." --Kirkus Reviews</p><p>"This misadventure from a bird's perspective is hilarious, light, and clever and may provide fun reading and a new favorite." --<i>Children's Literature</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Praise for <i>Night of the Living Shadows</i> </p><p>"Overall a lighter-than-air escapade with just a light wash of satire." --Kirkus Reviews</p><p>"This misadventure from a bird's perspective is hilarious, light, and clever and may provide fun reading and anew favorite." --<i>Children's Literature</i><br><i></i><br><i>Night of the Living Worms</i> <br><b></b><br><b>A Florida Sunshine State Young Readers' Award Selection</b></p><p>"Dave Coverly is ridiculously funny and clever and creative. I'm jealous of his bird brain." --Stephan Pastis, <i>New York Times-</i>bestselling author of the Timmy Failure series</p><p>"Coverly's drawings are full of visual jokes, and the narrative is packed with playful language. . . . Clever, imaginative, and precisely targeted to its audience, this new series is sure to please." --<i>Booklist</i></p><p>"Filled with subtle irony, wordplay, and gentle pokes at life, the text is accompanied by appealingly large, cartoon-style, black-and-white line drawings . . . This story will have students laughing out loud and reluctant readers asking for the sequel." --<i>School Library Journal</i></p><p>"The jokes and birdy banter come fast and furious . . . and should keep readers flying through the pages." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><p>"Both [pictures and text] are liberally festooned with gags, sight gags . . . and puns." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Dave Coverly</b> is an internationally syndicated cartoonist whose Speed Bump cartoon panel appears in more than 400 newspapers. He is the creator of <i>Dogs Are People, Too</i>, <i>Night of the Living Worms</i> and <i>Night of the Living Shadows</i>, as well as the illustrator of <i>Sue MacDonald Had a Book</i> and <i>The Very Inappropriate Word</i>. The winner of the prestigious Reuben Award for Best Cartoonist, Dave lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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